Folding box.



W. C. WILLETS.

FOLDING BOX. APPLICATION FILED NOV. 28, 1913. 1, 144,804. i PatentedJune 29, 1915.

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FOLDING- Box.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29,1915.

Application filed November 28, 1913. Serial No. 803,531.

T0 all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, VILLIAW C. VVILLETs, citizen of the United States,resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State. of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Boxes, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to folding boxes and particularly to that type usedas a receptacle for shipping purposes. i

A further object is to provide a receptacle having a sealing means andadapted particularly for transporting articles, such as tobacco invarious forms, and other articles of merchandise often stolen from apackage in transit.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims.L

In the accompanying drawingsv forming part of this speciication, Figure1 is a per* spective view of a shipping box embodying my invention, Fig.2 is a perspective view,y

looking directly into the box, showing a portion of the bottom of thebox broken away and illustrating the preferred ymanner of sealing thebottom ofthe box, Fig. 3 is a detailvsectional view, showing a modifiedconstructionrin the form of the longitudinal flaps at the topfand bottomof the box.

In the drawing, the box is shown'composed of side panels 2, end panels3, side iiaps el: and 5 at the bottom ofthe box, end flaps 6 at thebottom of the box, corresponding end flaps 7 at thetop 'of the box andside iiaps 8 and 9 at the top of the box. The box is made, preferably,from a single sheet of fiber-board or a similar material., creased andscored to form the panels and flaps above described, the ends of theblank being secured together, asat 10, by a suitable means to provide arectangular receptacle in which the articles to be transported areplaced. It is desirable to provide such a package With a sealing meanswhich will positively prevent the opening of the top or bottom or anytampering with the sealing means Without detection. I therefore providethe side panels With holes or perforations 1l, preferably locating themnear the upper and lower longitudinal edges of the panel andapproximately in the middle thereof. Similar holes 12 are provided yinthe end panels. As shown, these holes may be at the junction of the endpanels With the end fiaps 6 and 7, or, if preferred, they may be locatedintermediate to these points. The bottom side iiap 5 is provided withholes 13 and 14 arranged preferably in pairs on each side of the middleportion of the flap and these holes register preferably With notches 15and 16, also arranged in pairs in the edge of the flap 4. The upper, orcover flaps 8 and 9 have notches 15a and 1621 which register with holes13L and 14;a in the flap 9 when the flaps are in their closed position.The lacing cord 17 is threaded through the holes and notches in thelower side flaps, and the ends threaded in and out of the holes 12 inthe end iiaps and through the holes and notches of the flaps 8 and 9,the loose ends of the cord being crossed in the middle of the box andone end being carried down and in and out of the side panel 2, acrossthe flaps at the bottom, and in and out through the other side panel 2to the top of the box, where the ends of the cord are secured togetherand sealed. The'package is thereby closed and cannot possibly be openedWithout cutting the cord or damaging the box.

The notches are provided in tivo of the side flaps to facilitate thelacing of the cord on the box, as it can be slipped into the notches inless time than required to thread the cord through a hole in the iiap.The box may be made of any suitable size or Weight of material and invarious Ways the details of construction may be modified and still beWithin the scope of my invention.

In Fig. 3 I have shown a modied construction, Which consists inproviding top and bottom and side iaps 18 having edges 19 which areadapted to be folded into interlocking relation With one another,forming several thicknesses of the material along the middle line of thebox at the top and bottom thereof. These folded edges are provided Withopenings 20 therein through Which the lacing cord is passed insubstantially the manner described with reference to the other figuresof the drawing.

I claim as my invention:

1. A one piece folding box composed of a rectangular blank of flexiblematerial, scored transversely and folded along said score lines to formthe side and end Walls of the box, the meeting ends of the blank beingsecured together, said blank having score lines running lengthwisethereof parallel with its longitudinal edges, and slits extendingtransversely thereof intersecting said longitudinal score lines and inalinernent with said transverse score lines, forming a series of flapson each longitudinal edge of the box, said flaps being adapted to foldin- Wardly upon one another to close the top and bottom of the box, saidside and end Walls having openings therein and said side Wall flapshaving openings therein arranged in pairs, and a lacing cord passingthrough the openings in said side Wall flaps at the bottom of the boxand in and out through the openings in the end Walls and in and outthrough the openings in the overlapping side Wall fiaps at the top ofthe box, and in and out through the openings in the side Walls of thebox, the ends of said cord being secured together.

2. A one-piece folding box having side and end panels and side and endflaps at the top and bottom, said side flaps being folded inwardly upono-ne another and upon said end flaps to close the top and bottom of thebox, one of said side flaps having openings therein and the other,adjacent side flap having notches to register with said openings, saidside and end walls having openings therein, and a lacing cord passingthrough the openings in said side flaps and the notches in said sideflaps and through the end Walls and having its loose ends crossed andthreaded through the openings in said side panels, the loose ends ofsaid .cord being secured together.

3. A folding one-piece box composed of exible material having side andend panels and flaps formed thereon at the top and bottom of the box,said side and end panels having openings therein, the side flaps foldinginwardly and lapping by one another, one of said side flaps at the topand bottom having notches therein arranged in pairs, the other side flaphaving openings adapted to register with said notches When said flapsare folded to a closed position, and a flexible lacing means passingthrough the openings and notches in the bottom side iaps and through theopenings in the end panels and the openings and notches in the top sideflaps, the ends of said cord being crossed near the middle of the boxand one loose end being carried down through the openings in one sidepanel and across the bottom and in' and out through the openings in theother side panel, and its loose end being secured to the other looseend, thereby sealing the contents of the box.

4. A one piece folding box composed of a rectangular blank of flexiblematerial, scored transversely and folded along said score lines to formthe side and end Walls of the box, the meeting ends of the blank beingsecured together, said blank having score lines running lengthwisethereof parallel with its longitudinal edges, and slits extendingtransversely thereof intersecting said longitudinal score lines and inalinement with said transverse score lines, forming a series of iaps oneach longitudinal edge of the box, said flaps beingA adapted to foldinwardly upon one another to close the top and bottom of the box, saidside and end Walls having holes therein and a pair of said longitudinalflaps having openings therein, the openings of one flap registering Withthe corresponding openings of the other flap, and a iexibl'e lacingmeans threaded through said holes in said Walls and through the openingsin said flaps and extending around the sides and ends of the box, theloose ends of said lacing means being secured together.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 18th day ofNovember 1913.

VILLIAM C. WILLETS.

Witnesses:

GENEVIEVE E. SonENsEN, EDWARD A. PAUL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each,- by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,`

Washington, D. C.

